Funds Raised Fast to Battle Phippsburg Mosquitoes
More than 6500 was pledged in under 10 minutes at Bodwell grange hall Small Point at a meeting to launch a mosquito control campaign in Phippsburg. Major Skinner of the Gorgas Memorial Institute spoke on proposed methods and guaranteed bonds, with an estimated total cost not exceeding 16000 and annual maintenance of 600 to 800. An executive committee was formed headed by Edward W Bridgham with members including N A Cushman and Mrs Harrison B Wright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bodwell Grange Hall
Small Point
Phippsburg
Edward W. Bridgham
Maj
Edwin M. Skinner
Gorgas Memorial Institute
Bridgham
Williams. Kenyon
N. A. Cushman
Shore Acres
Sebasco
John H. Stacy
Harrison B. Wright
van Zandt Wheeler
Walter B. Edge
Shore Acres Club
Joseph E. Brazier
William S. Kenyon
Philadelphia
Walter E. Edge
Henry C. Wright
Henry W. Butler
Bath
Charles V. Minott
Fred B. Percy
Brookline
Mass
R. J. Walker
New York
Henry Ford Interest in Bathman Relics Draws Attention
An article recalls a bronze eagle once owned by Dr. William J. Rouse of Bathana said to have topped the New Orleans courthouse when Napoleon sold the territory. Henry Ford’s secretary requested prices for the eagle and a Revolutionary War powder horn, signaling Ford’s interest in the relics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Independent
William J. Rouse
Bathana
Court House
New Orleans
Napoleon
United States
Rouse
Henry Ford
Ford
Local residents take Sunday motor trip to Poland Spring
Mr and Mrs W A Moore and daughter Shirley with Mr and Mrs Nathan E Coffin and son N Elwood Jr Mrs Ida M Beals Miss Flora Leonard Miss Marie Jack Harvey P Hathorne Miss Flossie Beals Fred Jack of this city Mrs Eva Ripley of Gardiner and Harry A Beals of Wiscasset motored to Poland Spring Lewiston and Portland Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Moore
Shirley
Nathan E. Coffin
N. Elwood, Jr
Ida M. Beals
Flora Leonard
Marie Jack
Harvey P. Hathorne
Flossie Beals
Fred Jack
This City
Eva Ripley
Gardiner
Harry A. Beals
Wiscasset
Poland Spring
Lewiston
Portland
A Southern Cinderella performed by East Bowdoin Ladies' Aid
The three act comedy at Bowdoin Center on July 2 drew a large audience. Cast performances earned applause while ice cream sales added to funds for church work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Bowdoin Ladies’ Aid
Bowdoin: Center
John Carter
Card of Thanks for Loss in Bowdoinham
We thank neighbors and friends for kindness and help at the passing of our mother Mrs Matilda A Pratt and relatives Mrs Mabel B King Mrs Ella A Temple Albert P Pratt and George E Pratt Bowdoinham Maine July 10 1929.
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Matilda A. Pratt
Mabel B. King
Ella A. Temple
Albert P. Pratt
George E. Pratt
Bowdoinham
Maine
Sybel Briry
John Purington
Dorris
Gladys Raymond
White
Auburn
Litchfield
Shilo
W. H. Gould
Irving
Horace
Brown Point
Matilda Pratt
Reuben Wing
Cushman Road
George
Baptist Church
Miss Whitter
Miss Nash
The
Mt. Pleasant
Augusta
Mabel King
Albert
George Pratt
Oxhorn Pavilion
Wiscasset
Theresa Pottle
Waterville
Louis Sparks
Lang Farm
Lizzie Blake
John
Charlavine Davis
Framingham
Mass
Viola Coombs
Richmond
W. L. Robbins
Robert
Ralph Hanson
Calais
Jack Gibson
Hanson's
Robinson
Son
Edwin Maney
Boston
Century Farm
Richmond Favor
Panama
Ralph Denham
Varina Denham
Mary. T. Purinton
Sat
Freemont
N. H
Ralph Currier
BE. E. Wilson
L. P.’'Temple
Charles Berry
Temple
and Norton
Sanford
Sanford Were Day and Saturday Guests of Mr. Norton
Given
Lena Patten
Brunswick
Miss Patten
E. E. Wilson
Belle Umberhind
H. E. Cornish
J. Hall Denham
Star Aid
Mary
Albert Pratt
New Hampshire
Fall River
Elva Maloon
Portland
L. P. Temple
Hazel Cornish
Elmer Otting
Springfield
Pleasant Pond
George Morrison
Rhode Island
George Brown
William J. Moody
Mary Brooks
Chelsea
Nat Williams
Merrymeeting Bay
Charles McEwen
Ralph
Ruth
Orr's Island
George Jack
Hollis
Lucinda Jack
William Raymond
Berlin
A. E. Raymond
Charles Fogg
Nona Carrie Merrill
James
Carl G. Adams
W. B. Williams
Shore of the Bay
William Sparks
Sparks
Girard College
Philadelphia
Crouse
Main Street
Masonic Block
Berry
Town Hall
Clarence Blackman
Blackman
R. A. Dickinson
Jessie
Herbert Fisher
Corinna
Bertha Moulton
W. B. Kendall
C. B. Randall
Rose Farm
Charles E. Hackett
B. B. Douglas
Bath
William Batchelder
Massachusetts
Fannie Batchelder
Don Cate
W. Putman
Fitchburg
Bay Shore
MacDougal
Aroostook County
Grand Falls
N. B
George Leslie
L. A. Pennell
Newport
Selectman Hackett
Evangelistic tent meetings set for Bowdoinham voters
Rev Benjamin Beatty directs United Baptist efforts in Bowdoinham with Ced ric Brooks from New York City in charge of music. Services begin Sunday at the Baptist church and continue nightly at 7 30 pm with a piano recital by Brooks. Delegations from outside churches are expected as the town hosts religious meetings and related activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eat
Benjamin Beatty
United Baptist Vention of
Maine
Cedric E. Brooks
New York City
Beatty
Brooks
The
Baptist Church
Local Grange Plans October Fair and Meetings
The Merry Meeting Grange held its Friday meeting and planned a fair for the first week of October. Emily Rideout named general chair, Mae Heenie and Charles Berry to lead evening entertainment. Ruth Thompson of Massachusetts visits her grandmother in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merry Meeting Grange
Emily Rideout
Mae Heenie
Charles Berry
Ruth Thompson
Massachusetts
Ruth Jones
Bible Study
Methodist Aid
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Maurice Chevalier
King of
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Man
Vitaphone
Paramount Pictures
Opera House
Aes
Bathman
Sete Webber
Bowdoin
New Meadows Inn
Frank E. Douglas
Long Island
J. H. Stacey
Popham Beach
Grange Hall
Dr. Exmner
Cowdrick
Charles Fisher
Charles C. Kantor
Frank Ross
Wilhelmina Newton
Chi
Vrs Central Railroad
Spencer
Ne Design
Beatrice E. Rand
Dommer St. Bath
Spencer Corsetiere
Kennebec
Vicinity
Kennebec Rose Gardens
Fred Brown
Ames
Wv. W. Bishop
Roy Munro
Woonsocket
R. I
Chester Tingley
Providence
Clara Fogg
Ethel Willis
Mell
Lawrence Jenkins
Wallace Ames
the Nazarene Church
J. W. Ames
J. W. Bishop
Neil
New Gloucester
Bishop
Penley Institute
Bath Department Store
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